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Kanji Detail for 毛 - "hair, growth"

毛

  • Meaning

    毛 means "hair, growth." Also associated with tiny.

    1. Hair - Fur or hair on living beings.

    2. Tiny - Something very small; minute.

    3. Growth - Plants growing; crops ripening.

    4. Ratio unit - One-tenth of one rin.

    5. Length, Weight Unit - A measurement unit.

  • Words using 毛

    • 毛布 もうふ Listen blanket
    • 髪の毛 かみのけ Listen hair (on the head); (a) hair
    • 羽毛 うもう Listen feather; plume; plumage
    • 不毛 ふもう Listen barren; sterile; infertile
    • 毛糸 けいと Listen knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
    • 羊毛 ようもう Listen wool
    • 眉毛 まゆげ Listen eyebrow

  • Four-character idioms with 毛

    • 亀毛兎角 きもうとかく Listen things that do not exist
    • 兎角亀毛 とかくきもう Listen things that do not exist
    • 碧眼紅毛 へきがんこうもう Listen blue eyes and red hair; Westerner
    • 紅毛碧眼 こうもうへきがん Listen red-haired and blue-eyed (person); a Westerner
    • 連銭葦毛 れんぜんあしげ Listen dapple gray (horse coat color); dapple grey

  • Tattoo check: 毛

    • Verified meaning: hair, growth
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read もう, やしゆ)
    • Also carries these associations: tiny

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 毛

    Surnames 毛(もう)Listen 毛(やしゆ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fur; hair; feather; down

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hair, fur, feathers; coarse

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Mao

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    hair, fur, feathers; coarse

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Fine soft material growing on the outer skin of animals to protect body temperature. Mammals have their whole body covered with hair, hence also called "hairy creatures" (毛蟲). | Human facial hair and head hair are called 毛. As in 二毛 (two-colored hair), referring to a person with graying hair. | Duties are also called 毛. As in "a land without hair" (不毛之地), meaning barren land with no living things. | Colloquially, crude or rough things are called 毛. As in rough sample (毛樣), rough form (毛坏). | Anything metaphorically fine and numerous is also called 毛. As in "raising trivial matters one by one" (毛舉細故). | 毫釐 (minute amount)'s 毫 is sometimes simplified to 毛.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    moh(モウ) モウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ke(け) け

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    毛 (ke)

  • Related Keywords

    hair tiny growth fur feather bristle coat fleece mane pelt tuft wool small length unit ratio unit

Sentences including 毛

  • Her hair is long.

  • I'd like one more blanket.

  • May i have a blanket?

  • Can i get a blanket?

  • Her hair is long and beautiful.

  • His hair stood on end.

  • It made my hair stand on end.

  • A lot of my hair has fallen out.

  • His hair stood on end.

  • My mother cut my hair too short.

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